Lionsgate’s Codeblack Films has acquired filmmaker Deon Taylor’s thriller Traffik for an April 27, 2018 wide release. Written and directed by Taylor,the film is about a young couple who travel on a romantic getaway to the mountains only to be terrorized by a vicious group of sex traffickers with whom they become locked in a desperate struggle for survival. It stars Paula Patton (Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol) and Omar Epps along with Laz Alonso (Detroit), Roselyn Sanchez (Rush Hour 2), Luke Goss (Blade II), Missi Pyle (Big Fish) and William Fichtner (Armageddon).